Expectations should be "very low" that a World Health Organization team of experts tasked with investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic will reach a conclusion from their trip to China this month, a health expert affiliated with the WHO said.
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Figures reflect lifting of border curbs, point to success of screening measures
From Dec 15 last year to Jan 10, Singapore identified 562 imported cases from 31 different countries.PHOTO: ST FILE
PublishedJan 11, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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Covid vaccine rollout urgent as new strains take hold AFP
This picture taken on 23 November 2020 shows a bottle labelled ‘Vaccine Covid-19’ next to US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech logos. Picture: Joel Saget/AFP Drugmakers worldwide defied predictions by finalising not just one vaccine in record time, but half a dozen.
The spread of more infectious coronavirus strains in Britain and South Africa, with isolated cases of the UK variant appearing in dozens of countries, has made inoculating a maximum number of people as quickly as possible more urgent than ever, experts say.
Here’s a rundown on how the vaccination story is unfolding:
PARIS, FRANCE The spread of more infectious coronavirus strains in Britain and South Africa, with isolated cases of the U.K. variant appearing in dozens of countries, has made inoculating a maximum number of people as quickly as possible more urgent than ever, experts say. Here s a rundown on how the vaccination story is unfolding:
HOW MANY VACCINES? Drugmakers worldwide defied predictions by finalising not just one vaccine in record time, but half a dozen. To have multiple vaccines authorized before the end of 2020 is truly remarkable, said Richard Hatchett, CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Wednesday approved the U.S.-made Moderna vaccine, having already given a green light December 27 to one made by Pfizer/BioNTech for use in the European Union.
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Wednesday approved the US-made Moderna vaccine, having already given a green light December 27 to one made by Pfizer/BioNTech for use in the European Union.
Agencies
The virus is still raging across much of the world, and the threat of a strain could be up to 70 percent more contagious.
Paris: The spread of more infectious coronavirus strains in Britain and South Africa, with isolated cases of the UK variant appearing in dozens of countries, has made inoculating a maximum number of people as quickly as possible more urgent than ever, experts say.
Here s a rundown on how the vaccination story is unfolding: